Šima Majić was born in 1992 and holds an MA in Croatian language and literature. Her debut collection Potkožni sjever (“North Underskin”) won the Zdravko Pucak prize for the best book by a young poet, as well as the Anka Topić prize awarded every six years for the best book by a woman author in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She publishes her poems online, as well as in print. She is currently finishing her second book.